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Update: I'm testing "BusyCal" an app for the mac that seems to have the features I need. It won't sync directly to my iPod touch, but it will sync to the mac cloud, or if I can get it working, a CalDAV server. There doesn't seem to be a good way in the iTunes interface to change the calendar app that the iPod touch syncs to.
--Beth
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This is why I never upgrade... Anyone have a good calendar solution that would fit my work flow? I just upgraded my mac from Snow Leopard to Yosemite, and iCal has changed for the worse -- the snooze function I used several times a day has disappeared, and I spent 45 minutes on the phone on hold to confirm that.
The function I'm missing is: I set alarms in my calendar to show up on my computer audibly and visibly 20 minutes before my noon karate class so that I don't miss class. Sometimes I'm in the middle of something and I tell it to snooze for either 1 or 5 minutes. With the upgrade to Yosemite, the only choices are to cancel the alarm or snooze for 15 minutes. I also frequently tell it to snooze for a whole day when a birthday reminder pops up, for example.
I sync my calendar to my desktop (now running OSX Yosemite) and my iPodTouch, although I don't need the alarms on my iPod Touch to show up. I do need events to show up in both places after I've entered an event in only one of them.
Other must-have calendar features: Repeating events with both styles: "every 10th of the month" and "every 3rd Tuesday" are mandatory features of a calendar program. This is true for weekly, monthly, and yearly events. "Every 2nd month on the 3rd Monday" would also be used, but I can live without that.
I also use different calendar colors: blue for regular weekly events, green for 1-off events, red for things that are important to other people. Once or twice a year I'll print a monthly calendar, but I can probably live without these features.
I'd strongly prefer to sync locally only, and not sync to the cloud, but if a cloud-based solution still works when our flakey local internet is down, I could possibly tolerate it if the other features I use work.
--Beth
--Beth
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This is why I never upgrade... Anyone have a good calendar solution that would fit my work flow? I just upgraded my mac from Snow Leopard to Yosemite, and iCal has changed for the worse -- the snooze function I used several times a day has disappeared, and I spent 45 minutes on the phone on hold to confirm that.
The function I'm missing is: I set alarms in my calendar to show up on my computer audibly and visibly 20 minutes before my noon karate class so that I don't miss class. Sometimes I'm in the middle of something and I tell it to snooze for either 1 or 5 minutes. With the upgrade to Yosemite, the only choices are to cancel the alarm or snooze for 15 minutes. I also frequently tell it to snooze for a whole day when a birthday reminder pops up, for example.
I sync my calendar to my desktop (now running OSX Yosemite) and my iPodTouch, although I don't need the alarms on my iPod Touch to show up. I do need events to show up in both places after I've entered an event in only one of them.
Other must-have calendar features: Repeating events with both styles: "every 10th of the month" and "every 3rd Tuesday" are mandatory features of a calendar program. This is true for weekly, monthly, and yearly events. "Every 2nd month on the 3rd Monday" would also be used, but I can live without that.
I also use different calendar colors: blue for regular weekly events, green for 1-off events, red for things that are important to other people. Once or twice a year I'll print a monthly calendar, but I can probably live without these features.
I'd strongly prefer to sync locally only, and not sync to the cloud, but if a cloud-based solution still works when our flakey local internet is down, I could possibly tolerate it if the other features I use work.
--Beth
